Guard for eyeglasses.



PATENTED APR. 2a, 1908.

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GUARD FOR. EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION-FILED FEB. 12, 1904. l

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Patented April as, 1908.

Application filed February 12, 1904. SerialNo. 193,222.

To all. whom it may concern: Be it known that of Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have. invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Guards for Eyeglasses, whereof theffollowi-ng is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. Q I

It is the object of this inventionto provide a nose guard which is ada ted for adjustment both in a direction parallel with the plane of the lenses and in other directions oblique thereto.

As hereinafter described my invention comprises a nose guardhaving an arm for lens clamp and two nose bearing arms extending from said attaching arm, one of said bearing arms being connected with said attachin arm byan involute curved portion, where byitis adapted to be angularly adjusted as hereinafter de- Another feature of my invention, as hereinafter described, is the provision in each of the nose bearing arms of the guard, of an adjustable s ring tongue having its free end surrounded hy a frame comprising the margin of the arm; said tongue eing adjustable frame, so that relatively to the plane of its three points of each nose bearing arm affords contact with the, nose, in variable relation witheach other, and thus readily adaptable to the contour of any nose.

. -My invention c'omprehends the. various novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I, a nose guard conven pro vided with a clamp;

a bridge spring adapted to fit said 'clamp a nose guard adapted to fit said clamp, and a screw adapted to secure said parts-instationary relation. Fi V is a plan view of the sheet metal blan frbm which the guard shown in Figs.v I, II and III,

is formed. Fig. VI, is an edgeview of aclamp showing a modified form of my inventlon.

In 'the form of my invention shown in Figs. I toV, inclusive; the nose, guard comprisesthe attaching arm 1, conveniently pro- I, WILLIAM I. DENGLER,

arm 5, is

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vided withthe'aperture 2, near its upper extremity to receive the screw 3, for connection 1 10,'and having their free ends surrounded by I 6 5 the marg nal ames 1-2, and 13.

As shown in Figs. I, and II, the nose bearing arm 6, extends substantially in the plane of the attaching arm 1 but the nose bearing. connected with saidarm 1, by an involute or helical curved spring portion lei, so that it may be adjustably bent in any direction. Said arms 5, and 6, may be shifted arallel with the plane of the lenses, as in icated in dotted lines in Fig. II, and may also be shifted'in a plane obliqueto the plane of the lenses as indicatedby the dotted lines in Fi .I; understood that t e spring tongues 7, and 8, may bebent with res ectto their frames 12, and 13, either inwardly; as indicated at the dicate at thelower portion of Fig. II, so as to afford three points of contacts upon the nose of curve as indicated res ect'ively by the full lines and by the dotted lines in Fig. III.

Although I refer' to connect the nose bearing arms by an adjustable helically curved portion, as above described, it is to be understood that nose bearing arms comprising spring .tongues and marginal frames for II, or outwardly as in thewearer, in a concave or convex.

. in angular relation'to said attaching'arm 1, in "a direction Moreover, it is to be the free ends of the tongues, constructed in accordance with my invention, may. be

otherwise connected. For instance, in Fig.

YI, the arms 16., and 17, comprising the respective spring tongues 18', and 19, are connected withthe attaching arm 20, by curved portions 22, and ustment intheir "angular relation as to fit any nose.

- My improvements above described are advanta eous in that they rovidc a nose guard w iohis not only readily adjustable, by bending in any direction, to meet. all of the requirements of a wearer of eyeglasses,

23, which permit such ad- I but which'when adjusted affords an unusually secure support by reason of the three point each arm bearing upon the nose.

contact 0 I do not desire to limit myself to the precise details of construction herein set forth,-

as it is obvious that various. modifications inay be made therein without departing from the essentialfeatures of my invention. I elaim:-- 1. In eyeglasses, the combination With lenses; of lens clips; abridge spring; and, nose guards connected with said lenses and clips, and having spirally bent oppositely ex with integral oppositely extending arms .Which are spirally bent near said base and free at their opposite extremities to independently press against the nose, substantially as set forth.

I gage the nose, substantially as set 3. In eyeglasses, the combination with lenses; of lens clips; a bridge spring seated on said clips at opposite ends; and, nose guards each comprising an arm seated on the bridge spring,.having a curved base and opositely extending arms, 'bent into spiral orin at said base and provided at their free ends With independent plates arranged to enorth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Atlantic City in the State of New Jersey this 10th day of February 1904.

E. H. BROOKE, J. WM. HUG-HES. 

